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Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2000; 2(5): 505-511
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7468
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ·New York

Are Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Alnus of Importance for Forest Development in Wet Environments?

J. Baar, J. M. van Groenendael, J. G. M. Roelofs
  • University of Nijmegen, Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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December 1, 1999

May 30, 2000

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Abstract

In the present paper we discuss the potential importance of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Alnus species for forest development in wet environments. We discuss the current state of knowledge and open questions about the ecology and functional role of ectomycorrhizal symbionts of Alnus under wet conditions. Possible approaches to investigate the ectomycorrhizal fungi in wet forest ecosystems are presented. Particularly, we concentrate on wet alder carr forests in Europe serving as a model forest ecosystem.

Key words

Alder - aquatic - Frankia - mycorrhiza - roots - succession - tetrapartite symbiosis

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J. Baar

University of Nijmegen Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology

Toernooiveld 1 6525 ED Nijmegen The Netherlands

Email: jbaar@sci.kun.nl

Section Editor: R. Aerts

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